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Huntly, The Square, General
General View
Site Name Huntly, The Square, General
Classification General View
Canmore ID 188088
Site Number NJ53NW 84
NGR NJ 52920 39987
NGR Description Centred NJ 52921 39987
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/188088
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Huntly
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
The Square in Huntly is one of the most pleasing townscapes in Scotland. It has a lived-in, human yet gracious feel which derives in part from the mix of granites and other local stones which catch the steely northern light, but mostly from the outstanding combination of grandeur (Clydesdale Bank), novelty (Gordon Arms) or sheer Gothic exuberance (Brander Library) of the buildings themselves. Most typical are plain, Georgian houses in coursed granite with cobbled pends and flagstoned area to rear. Many of the later Huntly houses are good, restrained two-storey, three-window affairs, like their country cousins, the Improvement farmhouses; quietly rewarding.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ53NW 84 centred 52921 39987
